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McCook considered ‘poster child’ for successful rural communities
(Local News ~ 03/01/18)
Chuck Schroeder, founding executive director of the University of Nebraska’s Rural Futures Institute presented a program to the McCook Rotary Club on Tuesday, and called McCook a "poster child" for smaller rural communities and how they can progress into the future...
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Jason R. Kasson
(Obituary ~ 03/01/18)
Jason R. Kasson Aug. 13, 1978 - Feb. 23, 2018 ELM CREEK, Neb. — Jason R. Kasson of Elm Creek, formerly Eustis, Neb., passed away on Feb. 23, 2018, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of 39. Jason was born on Aug. 13, 1978, in Gothenburg, Neb., to Larry and Patricia (Beachel) Kasson. ...
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Mary V. Bockerman
(Obituary ~ 03/01/18)
Mary V. Bockerman Jan. 6, 1925 - Feb. 28, 2018 ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Mary V. Bockerman, 93, of Arapahoe, died Wednesday (Feb. 28, 2018), at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe. She was born on Jan. 6, 1925, in Furnas County, Neb., to Tobias and Elsie Clara (Hein) DeVries. ...
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MPCC to increase tuition, room and board fees
(Local News ~ 03/01/18)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College students will pay $3 more per credit hour beginning the fall 2018 term. The MPCC Board of Governors voted to raise resident tuition from $89 per credit hour to $92, an increase of 2.88 percent, at their meeting Wednesday night. ...
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Custom car tour June 3
(Local News ~ 03/01/18)
Hundreds of rod and custom car enthusiasts from throughout Nebraska will stop in McCook this summer as part of the Nebraska Rod & Custom Association's 2018 Sunday tour. The cavalcade of cars will be here Sunday, June 3, for a luncheon stop catered by the Order of the Eastern Star...
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Nebraska Turns 151
(Editorial ~ 03/01/18)
There is much to be proud of in the Cornhusker state.
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Own it
(Column ~ 03/01/18)
So I recently took my youngest in for a yearly check up with her doctor since she had just celebrated a birthday. I wasn’t surprised to find out that she was in the 97th percentile for height and the look on her doctor’s face when she showed me the chart was no surprise to my daughter who knows she has shot up significantly from last year’s appointment. ...
- Ardis Mae Ruppert (Obituary ~ 03/01/18)
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Super-Two bill prioritized
(Column ~ 03/01/18)
We are over halfway finished with the 2018 legislative session. Last Tuesday was the last day for senators to pick which bill they want to designate as their priority bill. I made Senator Murante of Gretna’s LB 1009 my priority bill. Last week my bill LB 761 was heard in the Natural Resources committee and early this week LB 759 was heard in Revenue. I would like to update everyone on each of these bills, and go into more depth on my priority bill, LB 1009...
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